Question juridique clé
Whether the defendant's counterclaim was subject to the five-year limitation period of Art. 128 no. 3 OR as handcraft work or small sale of goods.
Solution extraite
The counterclaim was not subject to Art. 128 no. 3 OR; the ordinary ten-year limitation period applied.
Motifs extraits
The production and delivery of standardized kitchen and bathroom elements was not handcraft work because the decisive activity was machine-based, organizational production, while manual installation was only subordinate. Nor was it a small sale of goods, since the sale was between traders and not a retail sale to a consumer or small craftsman for own use.